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ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2018

Reproductive Outcomes Among Women with Eating Disorders or Disordered Eating Behavior: Does Methodological Approach Shape Research Findings?

Jennifer Tabler, Rachel M Schmitz, Claudia Geist, Rebecca L Utz, Ken R Smith

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Article in Journal of women's health (2002), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jennifer Tabler1 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , Edinburg, Texas.
Rachel M Schmitz1 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , Edinburg, Texas.
Claudia Geist2 Department of Sociology, The University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rebecca L Utz2 Department of Sociology, The University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ken R Smith4 Department of Family and Consumer Studies, Pedigree and Population Resource, The University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.
University of Utah · USThe University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · US

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Abstract

backgroundThere is a well-documented link between eating disorders (EDs) and adverse health outcomes, including fertility difficulties. These findings stem largely from clinical data or samples using a clinical measure (e.g., diagnosis) of EDs, which may limit our understanding of how EDs or disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) shape female fertility.

methodsWe compared reproductive outcomes from two longitudinal data sources, clinical and population-based data from the Utah Population Database (UPDB) (N = 6,046), and nonclinical community-based data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Young Adult Health (Add Health) (N = 5,951). We examined age at first birth using Cox regression and parity using negative binomial regression.

resultsUsing the UPDB data, women with diagnosed ED experienced later ages of first birth (hazard rate ratio [HRR] = 0.38; p < 0.01) and lower parity (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.38; p < 0.01) relative to women without EDs. Using the Add Health sample, women who self-reported DEB experienced earlier age of first birth (HRR = 1.16; p < 0.05) and higher parity (IRR = 1.17; p < 0.01) relative to women without DEB.

conclusionsConflicting results suggest two sets of mechanisms, physical/biological (sex specific) and social/behavioral (gender specific), may be simultaneously shaping the reproductive outcomes of women with histories of EDs or DEB. Discipline-specific methodology likely shapes Women's Health research outcomes.

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Feeding and Eating DisordersFeeding BehaviorFertilityParityAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeReproductionReproductive HealthReproductive HistoryUtahage at first birthdisordered eating behaviorseating disordersfertilityparityreproductive health

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